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“I remembered the moment I read a novel for the first time.
The texture of the soft paper touching my fingertips. The black letters blooming on a white field. The texture of the page I folded with my hands.
「 It isn’t important to read the letters. The important thing is where the letters lead you. 」
My mother, who loved books, used to say this. At least for me, it wasn’t just a saying.
The gaps in the black print. My own little snow garden lay in between the letters. This space, which was too small for someone to go into, was a perfect place for a child who liked to hide. Every time a pleasant sound was heard, the letters stacked up like snow.
In it, I became a hero. I had adventures, loved and dreamt. Thus, I read, read and read again.
I remembered the first time I was about to finish a book. It was like being deprived of the world.
The protagonist and supporting characters walked off with the sentence ‘They lived happily ever after’ and I was left alone at the end of the story. In my vanity and sense of betrayal, my young self struggled because I couldn’t stand the loneliness.
「This… is the end? 」
Perhaps it was similar to learning about death. For the first time, I realized that something was finite.”
― 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
The texture of the soft paper touching my fingertips. The black letters blooming on a white field. The texture of the page I folded with my hands.
「 It isn’t important to read the letters. The important thing is where the letters lead you. 」
My mother, who loved books, used to say this. At least for me, it wasn’t just a saying.
The gaps in the black print. My own little snow garden lay in between the letters. This space, which was too small for someone to go into, was a perfect place for a child who liked to hide. Every time a pleasant sound was heard, the letters stacked up like snow.
In it, I became a hero. I had adventures, loved and dreamt. Thus, I read, read and read again.
I remembered the first time I was about to finish a book. It was like being deprived of the world.
The protagonist and supporting characters walked off with the sentence ‘They lived happily ever after’ and I was left alone at the end of the story. In my vanity and sense of betrayal, my young self struggled because I couldn’t stand the loneliness.
「This… is the end? 」
Perhaps it was similar to learning about death. For the first time, I realized that something was finite.”
― 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
“What is your relationship with Yoo Jonghyuk?”
“We are companions separated by life and death.”
― 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
“We are companions separated by life and death.”
― 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
“Doesn't matter how you read it, the one to judge it will be me. So, you simply concentrate on reading'.
[…] 'It's my freedom to decide what I hear and what I remember. And I shall decide who I am'.
With a voice I knew so well, he was talking about a story that I didn't know.
'You fool, you are not reading it alone'.”
― 전지적 독자 시점 4 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 4]
[…] 'It's my freedom to decide what I hear and what I remember. And I shall decide who I am'.
With a voice I knew so well, he was talking about a story that I didn't know.
'You fool, you are not reading it alone'.”
― 전지적 독자 시점 4 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 4]
“Unfortunately, I couldn't reply. Because, if I do, then...
...Then you would end up becoming a mere character of the story.
Because you definitely couldn't become a mere character
[Kim Dokja had learned how to live from this man.]
This man was my father, my older brother and my oldest friend
I couldn't kill this guy. Nor could I beg for his forgiveness either
-Kim Dokja”
― 전지적 독자 시점 3 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 3]
...Then you would end up becoming a mere character of the story.
Because you definitely couldn't become a mere character
[Kim Dokja had learned how to live from this man.]
This man was my father, my older brother and my oldest friend
I couldn't kill this guy. Nor could I beg for his forgiveness either
-Kim Dokja”
― 전지적 독자 시점 3 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 3]
“I always regretted about something in my life. However, my regret over the things I hadn’t done was way bigger than for those that I did do.
-Kim Dokja”
― 전지적 독자 시점 3 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 3]
-Kim Dokja”
― 전지적 독자 시점 3 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 3]
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